Port Orchard will partner with a tech startup to test AI checking permit applications, potentially saving time for builders.

This story was originally published by Canary Media. Carole and Alan Balzer have called the town of Talent home since 1998. They met in college in nearby Ashland and never left southwestern Oregon.

Modern cars have become rolling computers wrapped in steel and plastic. The average vehicle now contains over 100 million lines of software code, more than a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Engineers have ...